Chapter 302: Bruce, Are You Trembling?
February 24, 2007, San Antonio, AT&T Center.
The Seattle SuperSonics' road trip to the West continues against the Spurs, who are now fifth in the West.
Eighth in the West and fifth in the West.
It's a battle of focus!
Judging from the rankings, this game is not enough to focus two words, but this game has too many meanings!
The Seattle SuperSonics now have a 34-20 record and are eighth in the West.
The Lakers, who are seventh in the West and sixth in the West, now have a 35-19 record.
The Spurs now have a 36-17 record.
Judging from the record, the Spurs' fifth position in the West is quite solid, but it is not as stable as imagined.
Not only has the Spurs' fifth place in the West become less secure, but the Jazz's fourth place in the West has also loosened.
The Jazz now have a 37-16 record.
The Jazz and Spurs, who had already determined their rankings, couldn't rest and watch the sea with peace of mind under the madness of the Lakers, Nuggets and SuperSonics.
"Charles, the latest news, the Boston Celtics lost again today, losing 87-105 to the Utah Jazz by 18 points!"
"Suns, Kings, Lakers, Jazz, four consecutive defeats, now the West, whoever comes and who dies!"
Barkley was not surprised to hear that the Celtics had suffered a four-game losing streak on their road trip to the West.
Now the top 12 teams in the West have really formed a terrible pressure cooker!
The Boston Celtics are a strong triumvirate, but they have no idea how terrifying the West is right now.
They can't get any more intensity than the teams in the West that are already crazy.
It's hard for Celtic to fight everything for victory.
No team in the East can threaten the Celtics, and if they do make it to the Finals, they can't compete with the Mavericks, Rockets, and Suns for home-court advantage.
Winning or losing is not that important.
But the current Western team is different.
There is really no team in the west that dares to lose!
Even the Jazz and Spurs, who had no desire before, now have a ranking crisis!
Now the west depends on who collapses in the end and can't hold on.
It can only be said that the report before the ESPN All-Star was too prescient.
Now the west is hell!
The pressure is really amazing!
It's pressure cooker-style hell!
"If the Spurs lose this game, the Spurs will only have one win left from the Lakers Nuggets, and there will only be two wins left from the SuperSonics, and then there will be a battle for five in the West!"
"In the environment of the Mavericks, Rockets, and Suns crazy sweep, the weakest in the upper half of the West is the Jazz, and the fifth and bottom three positions in the West are very different!"
"This game will be the turning point of the regular season sprint stage of the Western Conference this season!"
The turning point of the Western Conference regular season sprint!
Kobe, Iverson Anthony, and Jerry Sloan in front of the TV almost nodded subconsciously.
They agreed with Kenny Smith's conclusion.
The outcome of this race will determine their attitude towards the rest of the sprint!
Supersonic wins, the pressure on the pressure cooker will be greater, and hell will be more terrifying!
The Spurs won, the pressure in the pressure cooker dropped a little, and hell was a little less terrifying.
The outcome of this game will change the situation for many teams in the West!
Who do you want to win?
Kobe Bryant and Iverson Anthony had hoped for the SuperSonics and Yes to collapse, but in this game, of course, they are in favor of the HyperSonics!
I really didn't expect that under the pursuit of Yes and the supersonic, they were actually driven in front of the Spurs!
Fifth Jazz in the West!
That's a huge temptation!
For Jerry Sloan and the Jazz, they also want the Spurs to lose.
Don't look at the Spurs looking half-dead in the regular season, after so many years in the NBA, Jerry Sloan still has this bit of eyesight.
What a player is truly loyal and honest.
What a team is truly strong is unmatched.
He still knows.
He has been in the NBA for so many years, and he has basically not been cheated by his own players, nor has he been cheated by his opponents.
It's true that the Spurs are declining right now, but the team's defensive framework is still there, and Duncan is still there.
As long as these things are there, then the Spurs will still be a strong team in the playoffs!
Even if the Spurs are no longer as good as the Mavericks, Rockets and Suns, they are not comparable to teams with holes like the Lakers, Nuggets and SuperSonics.
Of course, Jazz Ji will want to play a team with many holes in the first round of the playoffs and trade the Spurs to the top three to gnaw.
Jerry Sloan not only hopes that Yes and the SuperSonics can win this game, but also hopes that Yes and the SuperSonics can go all the way to fifth in the West!
This season, the Jazz have yet to lose to the SuperSonics.
Although supersonic is now progressing more and more obviously, it is still just a dish in front of Jazz!
"Spurs come on!"
In the Mavericks' locker room, Nowitzki and the Mavericks players really didn't expect to have a day cheering for the Spurs.
Now the Mavericks are number one in the West.
They are also confident of winning the Triwizard Tournament.
Supersonic must be pressed to the eighth place!
The playoff win over the SuperSonics and Nelson Sr. means too much to the Mavericks!
This is a showdown of the transformation of the calf, and there is absolutely no room for loss!
In order to be able to play supersonic as you wish, cheer for the Spurs and cheer for the Spurs!
What was an ordinary 'strong conversation' suddenly turned into the most important game in the second half of the schedule.
This came as a surprise to Popovich.
He really didn't expect this game to be given such a meaning.
I can only say that Yes is too scary, but it doesn't collapse!
Wouldn't there be so much to do if the supersonic collapse ?!
"This game is just an ordinary regular season, don't think too much about it, take it with your heart!"
After Popovich finished speaking, the reaction of the Spurs player next to him was embarrassed.
Tony Parker: Did I say it's not ordinary?
Ginobili: Did I say I couldn't take it easy?
Tim Duncan: Who am I, where am I, what am I going to do?
Michael Finley: I'm 34
Brent Barry: I'm going to be 37 soon
Robert Horry: I'm 37 years old
Bruce Bowen: Guys, you're too calm, aren't you? My eggs hurt!
The Spurs are the most experienced team in the league and the oldest in the league.
Being chased by the Lakers Nuggets SuperSonics like this, Popovich is really helpless.
He can't be as desperate as the Lakers Nuggets SuperSonics.
Even if he knew that these three teams were crazy, he and the Spurs couldn't go crazy.
That's how the team's bus got gas.
The regular season is burned out, what is burned in the playoffs?
Popovich now knows that the West has turned into a pressurecooker-like hell.
But so what?
Spurs should be salted fish, and they should continue to see the sea.
Leave the hard work to you young people.
However, the victory in this game is still not to be lost!
Fifth in the West, is the bottom line of the Spurs!
"Bruce, in this game, you can show 'all your strength'!"
“……”
Well?
Bruce, what are you shaking?